Existentialism is an effort to describe rational behaviors and thoughts in an irrational universe. Three stories that show this relationship to existentialism are "The Metamorphosis," "The Hunger Artist," and "The Trial." Each of these three stories can be categorized as existentialism. Some of the primary features of these writings and existentialism are that the main character is emotionless, while everyone else in the stories acts as though they were normal to the reader. These stories also share a relationship of repeated images. "The Hunger Artist" depicts a character that starves himself for attention. Only in th